Nouns denoting natural phenomena
- chemiluminescence
- luminescence resulting from a chemical reaction as the oxidation of luciferin in fireflies
- magnetosphere
- the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field
- covalent bond
- a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule
- nuclear resonance
- the resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray
- absorption spectrum
- the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that has passed through a medium that absorbed radiation of certain wavelengths
- optical opacity
- opacity to light
- wind
- a tendency or force that influences events
- updraft
- a strong upward air current
- atomic power
- nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use)
- pyroelectricity
- generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
- systemic circulation
- circulation that supplies blood to all the body except to the lungs
- blast
- a strong current of air
- radiation field
- a field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space
- sleet
- partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow)
- arterial pressure
- the pressure of the circulating blood on the arteries
- moon ray
- a ray of moonlight
- dichroism
- pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions
- mock sun
- a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
- floodhead
- a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood
- position effect
- (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
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